Says 'Duck Dynasty' Controversy Engineered

December 24, 2013|Letter to the editor

I know little about Phil Robertson or "Duck Dynasty," but this is controversy where there isn't any. So, he says homosexuality is a sin and wrong? Within the tenets of his faith, this is true. This same faith, while not always practiced correctly, is built on the idea that all people are sinners.

I'm aware that his tone was very inflammatory, but Mr. Robertson is a professional provocateur. We encourage him to act that way. If you look past his tone, he said is that people in the LGBT community are just like everyone else. We're not all going to agree on anything, but we have to accept that people will live their lives in ways we don't like and say things we don't like. Acceptance requires eye-rolling from both sides.

I ask that everyone stop for a minute and not worry about what other people are doing in the privacy of their own homes or what opinions they have. Think instead about why GQ focused on this facet of his personality. When the time comes to boycott, be sure to include the magazines, blogs and news agencies that profit so much from keeping us divided and bitter.